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No. Could you try to put your finger on what exactly in this text gives you the vibes? Also, a sibling comment suggests that "those tiles" is some sort of slop
by azangru 1y ago
No. Could you try to put your finger on what exactly in this text gives you the vibes?
Also, a sibling comment suggests that "those tiles" is some sort of slop; but I find it no more sloppy than "this little web app" in the preceding sentence. Both are handwavy markers of imprecision common in oral speech. A comment on English Stack Exchange points out that this feature is referred to as the "indefinite this" [0].
[0] - https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/389637/using-this-as-an-indefinite-article#comment925633_389637 https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/389637/using-thi...